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Tag: Chicago Filmmakers

Rock Island plans to open Quad Cities Regional Film Office
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Rock Island plans to open Quad Cities Regional Film Office

By Reel Chicago Jun 17, 2022
Rock Island is working on plans to set up a Quad Cities Regional Film Office. This past week, the City Council approved hiring a consultant, with the hope that eventually other...
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Chicago Filmmakers announces tuition-free Workforce Training Program
  • FILM SCHOOLS

Chicago Filmmakers announces tuition-free Workforce Training Program

Reel Chicago Jun 10, 2022
The non-profit media arts organization Chicago Filmmakers has announced it will offer a new tuition-free Chicago Filmmakers’ Workforce Training Program. The brand new edu...
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Chicago Filmmakers announces competition programs for Onion City Festival
  • FESTIVALS

Chicago Filmmakers announces competition programs for Onion City Festival

By Reel Chicago Mar 2, 2022
Chicago Filmmakers announces the competition programs for the 32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, which will take place March 31 to April 3. The five compe...
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South Side Short Film Series showcases talented and emerging filmmakers
  • Black History Month

South Side Short Film Series showcases talented and emerging filmmakers

By Reel Chicago Feb 11, 2022
In storytelling, there are four P’s: people, place, purpose and plot. The South Side Short Film Series, Reel Black Filmmakers, a program of the Community Film Workshop of Chi...
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Lightswitch Video launches $5000 grant for Chicago filmmakers
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Lightswitch Video launches $5000 grant for Chicago filmmakers

By Reel Chicago Nov 24, 2021
Lightswitch Video, a Chicago-based video production company, launched The Full STEM Ahead Filmmaker’s Initiative. The first-year initiative is designed to encourage STEM ...
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CMP and Mezcla Media Collective announce shifting voices Film Fund
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

CMP and Mezcla Media Collective announce shifting voices Film Fund

By Reel Chicago Nov 16, 2021
CMP and Mezcla Media Collective have developed a unique partnership and are honored to launch the SHIFTING VOICES FILM FUND, the first national grant coming out of Chicago to s...
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Chicago made Christmas with Felicity premieres on AMC+ on Thanksgiving
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Chicago made Christmas with Felicity premieres on AMC+ on Thanksgiving

By Reel Chicago Nov 16, 2021
The family-friendly holiday movie Christmas with Felicity, directed by award-winning, Chicago-based filmmaker, Jack C. Newell (Monuments), will premiere on AMC+ Thanksgiving D...
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Chicago filmmakers release crime drama/mystery ‘The Cleaner’
  • Reel Indie

Chicago filmmakers release crime drama/mystery ‘The Cleaner’

By Reel Chicago Oct 15, 2021
Chicago filmmakers release the Indie crime drama feature, The Cleaner. Distributed by 1091 Pictures, the story follows a middle-aged house cleaner who gets caught up in a viole...
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Reeling 39 LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens tonight
  • Events

Reeling 39 LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens tonight

By Reel Chicago Sep 23, 2021
Today is the Opening Day of Reeling 39! Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. The festival kicks off September 23 at 7 PM with Peeter Rebane's FIREBIRD at the Music B...
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Annual Blue Whiskey Film Festival opens this weekend
  • Reel Indie

Annual Blue Whiskey Film Festival opens this weekend

Jul 20, 2021
The 11th Annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) returns this weekend with nightly screenings of the festival’s 2021 official selection films running July 24-30...
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Reel Black Filmmakers hold monthly film series
  • Events

Reel Black Filmmakers hold monthly film series

By Reel Chicago Apr 16, 2021
 In closing out their monthly South Side Short Film Series, the Reel Black Filmmakers—a program of the Community Film Workshop of Chicago—will dedicate the finale to f...
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Chicago Filmmakers seeks projects for CDMPF grant
  • Events

Chicago Filmmakers seeks projects for CDMPF grant

By Reel Chicago Mar 19, 2021
Chicago Filmmakers announces the 2021 call for applications for the Chicago Digital Media Production Fund (CDMPF), a grant designed to support Chicago-based filmmakers and digi...
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A Conversation with Bob Hercules & Keith Walker
  • FILM

A Conversation with Bob Hercules & Keith Walker

By Reel Chicago Oct 23, 2020
Chicago Filmmakers is pleased to announce two new editions of Masterwork: Industry Conversations, a series of virtual interviews with long established and award-winning filmmak...
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